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series: Sport in Art and Books. The Paul Mellon Collection. "This book is primarily a technical bibliography. It is in effect a physical history of English books on a luxury subject: the horse as an animal of noble recreation and delight. The focus is on the Thoroughbred horse, its antecedents, anatomy, physiology, breeding, training, and employment on the turf and in the field. On another level this catalogue is simply a record of the household library of a man who for many years has been riding and hunting, breeding horses and racing them..." (from the Introduction). xvii, 427 pages, black & white text illustrations, 18 color plates; 30 cm.; as new in protected dust jacket; gift quality. Stock#ofc0514.
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Books on the Horse and Horsemanship. Riding, Huntong, Breeding & Racing 1400-1941.: A Catalogue Compiled by John B. Podeschi.
by Podeschi, John B., compiler.
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Célébration du Cheval. Les Plus Beaux Textes et Poèmes.
by Gouraud, Jean-Louis.
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Paris, Cherche-Midi, 1995. 149 selections from writings, in prose and verse, on the horse. Authors include Homer, Saint-John Perse, Leo Tolstoy, Françoise Sagan, Jonathan Swift, Alain Robbe-Grillet, many others. Soft Cover. 349 pages, 22 cm Vg/softcover. Stock#101888.
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